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The Stubai Glacier delivered some fearsome weather today as it was buffeted by extreme winds throughout the morning, forcing the closure of the glacier around lunchtime. Sitting on some swinging chairs today was a pretty cold experience, in marked contrast to yesterday where the sun made the frigid air temperatures more manageable. Snow is forecast [...]
Well the Swiss fans this weekend at the FIS opening race event in Solden, Otztal Valley, Austria had a couple of goats in immaculate shape to accompany them to the bars after the race action was over. Maybe to was hex on the Austrian team after years of being some way behind their neighbours – [...]
With the start delayed by half an hour to clear overnight snow the lingering valley cloud cleared around 2800m to leave the Rettenbach and Tiefenbach glaciers in Solden pristine and sunny as well and along with the lapping clouds in the valleys Solden glaciers were quite a picture. The race went to Finland with Austria [...]
The FIS ski race calendar kicks off in Solden this weekend at its traditional season opening venue on the Rettenbach glacier. Both the men and women will be in action over the weekend, with the Women’s GS on the 24 Oct 2009 and the men’s GS on the 25 Oct 2009. Race times will be [...]
Warm weather across the Tirol the last few days produced soft snow on the Stubai Glacier today and whilst the skiing was heavy later in the day, the snow pack up there is still something to behold – over 3m with May drawing to a close. Morning skiing on the glacier is superb with Firn [...]
It was May 08 when I had my best powder day of the winter in Austria on the Pitztal Glacier. November served another superb powder day over the weekend although the off-piste terrain is more limited by the gaping crevasses that are very evident on the edges of the ski area. There were plenty of [...]
The snowboard epicentre of the Tirol Oberland, the Kaunertal Glacier had great conditions over the last week and this weekend was no different. New snow and clear skies gave some excellent conditions. The run back to the base station car park is still being prepared but the entire main glacier area is open and it [...]